Well done 👏!! Such a gorgeous classy vessel. The wooden boats and yatchs have a poise and grace of their own. Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful vessel. Love those old wooden boats. And the commentary was excellent and informative.

This boat makes my heart flip. WOW! What a wonderful work.

Fantastic video. Beautiful restoration. Great to see it in the water.

What a beauty. No, a work of art.

Well done Tom, fine restoration.

What a beautiful and characterful boat, thanks for sharing.

Just great to see a classic boat restored . With a lot of years ahead, Very nice job 👍

Would have enjoyed a tour if Rita as well as her history. Fantastic restoration!

Beautiful boat. Nice work guys.

Such a fantastic restauration of a masterpiece! And then... at 11.55 the man goes on the beautiful wooden (teak?) forward deck with his working boots on..... Never on my boat!!

Beautiful. So happy to see people taking care of her for future generations.

Thank God for Rich people! The 'Rita' is a beauty!

Oh the sound of that engine... I spent many summers on Lake Muskoka and Grandpa owned many wooden boats, the last one by Greavette built in the late 60s.... Memories.....

That is a beautiful piece of maritime history. With a nice clean launch. Congats!!

Would have been nice to see that long boat ride of your guys lake there. Great job on the Restoration though.

What beautifull ship she is. All that soul. WoW !

Beautiful restoration

Very pretty boat, i agree with the transport guys knowing what they are doing and how well they do their jobs and. Make it look easy every time i see one lifted by cranes it still makes me nervous Rita is from a era that some of the nicest boats and yachts were built to me nothing says class with all that bright work and joinery not knowing the. Shape she was in before the restoration she. Looks pretty darn perfect in the footage we see as well as great motoring on her way

Definitely skilled for sure, love watching this.

Great restoration she looks fantastic, her hull lines are much the same as my 1930s week/end cruiser Lazy Days that I owned for 15 years. A superb crafted restoration, those guys deserved the first trip aboard, I hope there were a few bottle of bubble to celebrate. I was very glad to see no slippage in the lifting strops as she was lifted into the water. As an ex-crane driver I would not have lifted her without, attaching anti slides ropes from each strop forward to the bow and another to the stern each side. The good thing going for the lift was the hull was dry. Seen too many boat drops on KZread not to use check ropes.

@moondawg3693

5 жыл бұрын

As an rigger in the field for 22 years and trainer for 16, tying those straps off forward and aft (hey I just spoke boat), to prevent slippage, would have made me a little more comfortable when she went up, that's for sure.

There's a great moral to the story that perseverance, a dream & teamwork can do much more than restore a boat, it can restore your soul. Congratulations!

@tomthompson7400

4 жыл бұрын

and empty a bank account ,,,,

She's a beauty. No one had deck shoes on.

Thank you narrator and well done.

HI Everyone. Rob Gerigs The Boat Builder here. I was the man who did the restoration on this gorgeous boat. I was in the employ of Tom at the time and now I'm the owner of this shop and still doing incredible restorations. I had a lot of joy in crafting the insane amount of wood that went into her. Blood Sweat and Tears as they say. Tears of joy though. I was actually sad to see her leave, but she's back where she belongs, in the water. I have a ton of stories about the restoration if anyone's interested. We're thinking of doing a KZread series on the process from start to finish in retrospect. Everyone hears about her history but no one gets to see and hear about the physical task of rebuilding her board by board, rib by rib and frame by frame. Keep an eye out for my KZread channel to see us in action and some of the work we've done. We're in the process of adding a tremendous amount of boats I've built and restored, so it's constantly being worked on. KZread, Instagram/Facebook all under.... muskokaboatbuilder. Best wishes to everyone and stop in if your in my neck of the woods. Rob.

I worked at 'The Sea Ranch',CA....this is what the rich must do with some of thier money...build, restore to keep these Craftsman employed and keep these trades going...nuf said.

Beautiful yacht. Like to see the interior.

Just caught this old video today. Gorgeous boat! So happy she was restored.

Mariners museum would love to have that, but it's satisfying to see it get saved

a nice boat- I used to live in the U.P. of Michigan. We made a trip around Lake Superior thru Canada- great trip :) In USA our boat numbers begin with 2 letters, IL= Illinois + numbers

Look a that clipped beaut! Outstanding! Thank you True Bristol fashion--

Thank you for the video I very much enjoyed this

what a magnificent looking vessel

Man scary lift thing beauty - truly a beautiful boat!

Beautiful boat,,,,and that man walking on the deck with what looks like hiking boots,,,!!!!

@JimmyKraktov

5 жыл бұрын

If it were my boat I might have shot the guy.

@bigredc222

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not a boat person, why does the kind of shoes he's wearing matter? I've heard of deck shoes, I figured they were just less slippery on a wet boat.

@selkiemaine

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigredc222 boat shoes are "non marking" - the rubber does not make colored scuffs on the decking and the pattern of the sole doesn't hold grit to scratch and wear. Hiking boots, not so much.

@bigredc222

3 жыл бұрын

@@selkiemaine Thanks

Congrats that is absolutely beautiful

An absolutely stunning Boat. Good luck.

Masterful launch for a majestic lady😎🍀

i really do love this video, ive never so much spirit in a boat. what a Gal, beautiful

' wow very beautifully old fashion boat... good take care of the boat

I used to be a Straddle Carrier operator for Marine Projects here in the U.K. That boat is properly balanced demonstrated by the top single point lift each side coming down to a beam then 2 strops going under the boat? What I would do is paint a little triangle each side of where the strops were? And the words Strop here or just strop. It will make it a lot easier for any other lifts and also ensure the rear strop does not touch the prop shaft. It was one of the options we had but not for balance but for strength in Fibre Glass boats

Clayton, NY is a must go for all antique boaters!

Just a beautiful vessel 👍

What a beauty . I love old classic power boats. Awesome job on the restoration .

Beautiful water craft !

Nice boat . Good job .

Well done saving a classic one of a kind yacht

Lovely Rita.

Nice boat🇺🇸👍

Just pure awesomeness!

Such a beaut!

A wake through would of been lovely 🤓🤘😎

beautiful boat

Beautiful boat

Year and a half restoration? That’s pretty quick! Great job

@CH-pv2rz

3 жыл бұрын

Yes powered yachts are much quicker to restore than sailing yachts...

that's a beautiful boat glad to see restored instead of being scraped ehhh

What a beauty she is!

clocked at 60 kmh!! lol!! I need to get my boat on a trailer!

The caption lets hope the staping holds those straps are able for alot more this boat is light compaired to what we use them straps for im ironworker and do much heavyer pics with crane just never did a delicit pic i set precast for a wile seting 100000lbs all day

Great restoration of a 100 year old vessel. I can see why it's called a day cruiser, there is no protection for the captain. Also pretty narrow for a 50' boat but I guess that's how they built them back then. It seemed to handle very good for a 50' boat with only one prop.

I love restorations of historic wooden vessels...

Awesome boat

I could imagine someone going to overtake that load, then realising that it was 4 times the length that they expected.

First Happy day to launch. Second happy day it's sold!

Jeremy from.new jersey just subscribed

Looks more like a motor launch then a cruiser. Either way, very nice.

wow what a beauty indeed

she will live a pampered lifestyle im sure . if she is on lake muskoka ..

According to legion the fenders are still dragging in the water. :-) Only kidding, wow what a gorgeous boat.

This video would be perfect without the narrator in the back saying anoying thing almost all the time ! I agree that's is his video..but I have right to my opinion.The restoration is fantastic and was really nice to see.Good job to all ; very beautiful.

Someone criticised the narration. I disagree - I thought the narration appropriate and well done !!!

Nice boat, only the "windshield" seems a bit out of proportion.

Very nice.

Now that's a real boat

With the kind of torque that engine would likely have, you could run a 25" pitch 30" prop and make the island in four revolutions of the crankshaft LOL.

They should have spreaders accross the beam as well as I have seen a similar wooden boat crushed by the straps. Why not have a second set of straps under the first, they do break!

Don't STOP signs mean stop? I thought the chain blocks did the heavy lifting and the "flat bed" did the transporting.

What is the beam ? 8 ft ?

Was there any video of her being rebuilt Thankyou

Just interested, but why drive it to Gravenhurst rather than sailing from Port Carling? I'm sure there is a good reason, but I don't know much about boats. I did fast forward through some of the video, so I might have missed an explanation.

About afoot off the water, I'm thinking, did anyone put the drain plug in?

Супер Рита!

good viewing for a good old salty like me as i liked classic boat all my life was on a classic boats as i really liked them as they are really good boats as these was very historic these wooden boats are the best of craftmanship as i see thiswas the case as all old salts willbe happy to own these boats like me as i liked the older boats as they are far more better then the newer boats of now as these was really easy to fix and restore in future as newer boat in future willbe needing all the electronic replaces and the engines was are more complex to rebuild and service too that's why i liked the older boat for this reason now as these was far better to own in future the reason for this was the nwer boats willbe harder torestore in future that's was my views on the boats of now

Neat video, nice boat, but there are hundreds of video's on youtube of boats being dropped, I can't believe it didn't occur to anyone to have everyone move a safe distance away in case a strap broke, or the crane tipped, a couple guys even walked under the trailer in the middle of the lift, that's crazy.

So we don't get to see the inside , huh ... ??????

hello nice boat 🚢 saludos

good video - good narration

So what the inside look like

What year was boat 1st built?

@michelebeck4311

5 жыл бұрын

1914

Nice Refit However you would think they would let the hull swell 24 hours be for starting the main Engine

What is "Minett".

If al has been replaced? Surley its a brand new ship?

@dennisbaecht7860

3 жыл бұрын

Just the waterline down was replaced

Would have looked better if someone had pulled in the fenders.

@frans4136

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. And not let drag them through the water.

How much did the whole refit cost, buying the hull included? She is a beauty.

@johnb4183

5 жыл бұрын

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^$

@davidsanders1991

5 жыл бұрын

Several millions of Canadian Dollars.

Does it have six engines?

@ianrutherford878

5 жыл бұрын

the subtitles make that questionable

@newjerseybill3521

5 жыл бұрын

Gasoline engine, not diesel.

👍👍👍

Man you're like a "jinx" with your commentary about potential disaster.

@petesmith8362

3 жыл бұрын

can you say mister negative, or maybe Debbie downer would be more appropriate

@jgarceau1

3 жыл бұрын

Said the same thing to my wife as I was watching it

@CH-pv2rz

3 жыл бұрын

Its a good thing she didn't sink... not one life jacket in attendance and if she went under half those guys wouldn't have made it back out of the water... How’s that for fitting the theme? 😆👍

@shenaniganguy

3 жыл бұрын

Best part of this was the mute option that allowed me to put a lid on the commentary. There's a reason that cranes like that go for $1k/hr but this dweeb makes it sound like amateur hour waiting for a strap to break or wind to smash it against the pier.

Beautiful boat , they dont make them like that anymore

I appreciate there are no stop signs on the water,but on the road,I think they mean what they indicate

@unapro3

5 жыл бұрын

He was probably stationary at least 4 seconds before moving off, any longer and he would be booked for parking......idiot.

@denniswarren3211

5 жыл бұрын

Usually with a move like this escort vehicles are required due to the length of the tow, height ( you have to maneuver around overhead wires, traffic signals) so all bets are off on rules of the road. The primary focus becomes getting there safely and quickly so normal traffic can resume.

@coldspring624

5 жыл бұрын

no you dont

quick, turn on all 40 bilge pumps!